SUSE CVE-2012-4537

Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, does not properly synchronize the p2m and m2p tables when the setp2mentry function fails, which allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service memory consumption and assertion failure, aka "Memory mapping failure DoS...

PT-2012-5468

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xen versions 3.4 through 4.2 Description The issue is related to a synchronization problem between the p2m and m2p tables when the set p2m entry function fails. This allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service,...

Memory mapping failure DoS vulnerability

ISSUE DESCRIPTION When setp2mentry fails, Xen's internal data structures the p2m and m2p tables can get out of sync. This failure can be triggered by unusual guest behaviour exhausting the memory reserved for the p2m table. If it happens, subsequent guest-invoked memory operations can cause Xen t...